Honeywell International Inc.

Vinay Sridhara Murthy

Rajesh V Poojary

Raghu Seelamonthula

Manuj Sharma

Tracking aircraft in and near a ramp area is described herein. One system for tracking an aircraft, comprising: a sensor array, positioned at or near a ramp area at an airport, having a camera image sensor device and a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor device that are both located at a single sensor array location with respect to the ramp area; the camera image sensor device configured to capture camera image data illustrating the aircraft while the aircraft is approaching or in the ramp area; the LIDAR sensor device configured to capture LIDAR sensor device data illustrating the aircraft while the aircraft is approaching or in the ramp area.

Multi-sensor data fusion-based aircraft detection, tracking, and docking

Tracking aircraft in and near a ramp area is described herein. One method includes receiving camera image data of an aircraft while the aircraft is approaching or in the ramp area, receiving LIDAR/Radar sensor data of an aircraft while the aircraft is approaching or in the ramp area, merging the camera image data and the LIDAR/Radar sensor data into a merged data set, and wherein the merged data set includes at least one of: data for determining the position and orientation of the aircraft relative to the position and orientation of the ramp area, data for determining speed of the aircraft, data for determining direction of the aircraft, data for determining proximity of the aircraft to a particular object within the ramp area, and data for forming a three dimensional virtual model of at least a portion of the aircraft from the merged data.

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Bengaluru, India

Vinay Sridhara Murthy